PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT

By SovConn | March 11, 2014

Plant Variety Protection Act. Patents. The 1970 federal law that extended patent-like protection for developing new and distinct varieties of seed-producing plants. • A Certificate of Plant Variety Protection gives the holder exclusive rights to sell, reproduce, and develop further hybrids from a plant. 7 USCA §§ 2321–2582. — Abbr. PVPA. [Cases: Patents 14. C.J.S. Patents § 22.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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